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French

Gargantua

/ɡaʁ.ɡɑ̃.tɥa/ · name

Meaning

  1. A giant with a very large appetite in François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.
  2. synonym of goinfre; glutton.

Etymology / origin

From Gargantua, a fictional giant with a very large appetite.

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